She is an Astronomer conference

To celebrate the ending of the IYA2009 Cornerstone Project 'She is an Astronomer', a conference is being held in London. The conference will be opened by Prof Jocelyn Bell Burnell.

There will be talks and posters on:

pioneering women in astronomy,

women and their science,

female astronomers from around the world,

careers,

work-life balance,

mentoring,

imposter syndrome,

correcting gender myopia,

statistics and surveys,

IYA2009 and beyond,

running a blog,

web forum

and much, much more.

One outcome of the meeting will be a list of suggestions for supporting and encouraging women in astronomy in support of the IAU Resolution passed at the IAU General Assembly in August 2009. Presentations (talks and posters) will be published on the She is an Astronomer website. If you would like to attend the meeting, please register on-line, indicating if you would like to give a talk or present a poster. Space is limited, so please register.